A stewarding organization may be secured, or a club member or any other experienced individual may be appointed as chief steward.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Have a maximum of stewarding experience and be familiar with AKC rules and regulations.
• Be well versed in recruiting and scheduling stewards.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Recruit and assign competent stewards, and contact them well in advance.
• Remind club members that when they work as stewards, they will usually be unavailable to work at other duties.
• Ring assignments should be made in advance of the event.
  - The superintendent or show secretary is responsible for supplying the chief steward with copies of the judging program, parking passes and admission tickets.
  - Mail copies of judging program, parking passes and admission tickets to persons serving as stewards.
• Inform stewards that they should not steward for any judge under whom they hve an entry (Chapter 18, Dog Show Rules).

DAY OF THE EVENT

• Check in stewards and confirm their ring assignments.
• See that all necessary equipment and the judge's bag is located in each ring.
• Confirm that each steward has a show catalog.
• Obtain lunch tickets from show chair and distribute to all stewards.
• Check rings periodically throughout the day to ensure stewards are doing their jobs properly.
• Provide stewards for the group and Best in Show, usually chosen by Show Chair.